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The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding
Paul Krugman: “Attorney General Pam Bondi’s meltdown on Wednesday while being questioned the House Judiciary Committee was exceptional, even by this administration’s rock-bottom standards. Has any high-level official ever before…
Voters Back Democrats on Homeland Security Funding
A new Hart Research poll commissioned by the Senate Democrat-aligned Senate Majority PAC found that 54% of likely midterm voters express support for Democrats demanding reforms to ICE and blocking…
Americans Are Paying the Bill for Tariffs
“President Trump has frequently claimed that foreign countries were paying for his tariffs, not Americans. But as economists predicted, that is largely turning out not to be the case,” the…
Any Connection Here?
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Trump Pardons Five Former Football Players
“President Trump on Thursday pardoned five former professional football players, including Super Bowl champions, a Hall of Famer and a Heisman Trophy winner, for crimes ranging from perjury to drug…
Resistance Is Rising
“Little by little, week after week, a subtle but significant shift is unfolding in American politics: Institutions and even a small but growing number of Republicans are standing up to…
Why the Homeland Security Shutdown Could Drag On
Punchbowl News: “The Democratic base was already pressuring party leaders to do everything they could to push back on the Trump administration over ICE’s activities nationwide. After federal agents shot…
Officials Gave Wrong Information About ICE Shooting
“In an extraordinary court filing, the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota acknowledged on Thursday that officials had provided incorrect information about a shooting by an immigration agent last month,” the…
Constant Chaos at Homeland Security
Wall Street Journal: “Throughout her tenure as secretary of Homeland Security, a sprawling agency charged with carrying out Trump’s central campaign promise of a mass deportation, Noem has attempted to…
Ex-Prime Minister of Norway Charged With Corruption
Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway, was charged with “gross corruption” in connection with his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the New York Times reports….
U.S. Is Sending Its Largest Warship to the Middle East
“The Pentagon is sending the Navy’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier to the Middle East, as the U.S. steps up plans for a potential attack on Iran,” the Wall…
Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Cut Health Funds
“A federal judge in Illinois on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to claw back $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats, amid a wider…
Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Over Ties to Epstein
“Goldman Sachs’s top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, resigned on Thursday night in the wake of the Justice Department’s release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey…
White House Pushes Shake-Up at Health Department
“The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have shaken up the top ranks at his department, a move meant to install more disciplined messengers and smoother operations…
The Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
“Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged,”…
Trump Nominee Unlikely to Be Confirmed
“Jeremy Carl, the Trump administration’s pick for a top State Department position, is unlikely to get the job after a bipartisan group of senators grilled him over his history of…
Shutdown Shrinks Congressional Presence in Munich
“The congressional delegation to Europe’s biggest annual security summit had been expected to be the largest ever this year, with around 50 lawmakers planning to travel to Munich to reassure…
Top Republican Ends Bid for Arizona Governor
“Karrin Taylor Robson, a Republican running for governor of Arizona, said on Thursday that she was dropping out, a major shake-up of the party’s primary race and a sign of…
Trump’s Ten Commandments
Out next month: Trump’s Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. A Yale professor reveals the ten guiding principles—or “commandments”—that define Donald Trump’s decision-making across…
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
Elizabeth Bruenig: “Within a few days, your son’s fever will spike as high as 105 degrees. The virus will break through his underdeveloped blood-brain barrier and begin attacking his brain…


